Phillies 2025 Minor League Spring Training

andyb 2025-03-31 17:59:07 UTC #61

Reading hosting the exhibition with Jersey Shore tomorrow so we should get the Jersey Shore roster today also.

https://www.milb.com/news/fightin-phils-to-play-jersey-shore-blueclaws-in-april-1-exhibition-game

Squire 2025-03-31 20:12:37 UTC #62

Blue Claws Roster

https://www.milb.com/jersey-shore/news/blueclaws-announce-break-camp-roster-x2601

Catchers: Luke Davis, Jared Thomas, Jordan Dissin, Luis Caicuto

Infielders: Zach Arnold, Carson DeMartini, Bryson Ware, Devin Saltiban, Bryan Rincon

Outfielders: Dylan Campbell, Pierce Bennett, Raylin Heredia, Eduardo Lopez, Jordan Viars

Pitchers: Luis Avila, Andrew Baker, Brandon Beckel, Augusto Calderon, Ethan Chenault, Aaron Combs, Jaydenn Estanista, Drew Garrett, Mavis Graves, Estibenzon Jimenez, Tommy McCollum, Alex McFarlane, Micah Ottenbreit, Luke Russo, Casey Steward, Paxton Thompson, Braydon Tucker

phillychuck 2025-03-31 20:24:00 UTC #63

Looking at Matt's list again we have:

Saltiban (9)
DeMartini (13)
Graves (14)
Rincon (16)
MacFarlane (17)
Viars (33)
Ottenbreit (34)
Baker (41)
Steward (43)
Heredia (45)
Combs (46)

andyb 2025-03-31 21:36:10 UTC #64

I think we are referring to Matt's prospect list?

A Ball was always going to have by far the most prospects. Dylan Campbell would also have been in there somewhere but I think was traded too late to be included. This is probably not a good team though the offense is pretty deep. McFarlane the interesting one to watch for me as he could move quickly with a move to the bullpen (though it might be a good sign also if he is kept starting which would be the path for him to be the most valuable).

phillychuck 2025-04-01 00:24:42 UTC #65

Oops. Fixed.

Squire 2025-04-01 12:43:26 UTC #66

I'm not sure if this is the Clearwater Roster or not. Lists 35 guys (4 of which are on the 60 Day DL)

https://www.milb.com/clearwater/roster

kmc1019 2025-04-01 12:57:06 UTC #67

DeMartini is a guy referenced numerous times as having an impressive Spring. He was rated more highly in college prior to his draft season last year, so hoping the Phillies may have unlocked or restored something for him that will pay dividends this year and beyond.

andyb 2025-04-01 13:35:12 UTC #68

They still have not posted any transactions and that is still short some infielders (and probably has too many catchers). No Aroon Escobar for instance.

The Milb site did have transactions for Reading and Jersey Shore yesterday. Imagine they got those 2 rosters out first because of the exhibition game this week.

julio 2025-04-01 14:05:39 UTC #69

The Clearwater roster on milb.com has been updated a bit. I'm with andyb, in that I don't think it looks like an Opening Day roster, but it has changed from where it was all winter.

Also, for whatever it's worth, information from Clearwater (rosters, transactions) frequently lags. Charitably, I like to think it's because the Clearwater staff has double duty (at least), dealing with a lot of complex-related issues on top of communicating transactions to the drones who update the online transactions and rosters.

On that subject, it's...curious?... that posting the transactions on the web, and updating the roster on the web, appear to be completely separate functions. I would have assumed that individual player data (transactions with dates, where assigned, status, etc.) would be stored in individual player records in a back-end database, and that team rosters and team/league transactions pages would automatically pull data when the page is displayed... but that does not appear to be the case.

Squire 2025-04-01 14:59:33 UTC #70

Here you go on the Threshers projected roster.

https://www.milb.com/clearwater/news/clearwater-threshers-announce-2025-projected-opening-day-roster

None of Spikerman, Burkholder nor TJayy Walton listed.

andyb 2025-04-01 15:07:53 UTC #71

Burkholder is likely still being held back because of the hamstring. I wonder if Spikerman will just go to Jersey Shore when the first spot opens up. Only 3 outfielders on that roster so clearly room for more even if Beltran plays lots of OF.

Squire 2025-04-01 16:50:38 UTC #72

MLB.com has this writeup on the assignments for our Top 30. Has Spikerman, Burkholder and Walton all at Clearwater so they must be on an injured list of some sort.

https://www.mlb.com/phillies/news/phillies-top-prospects-starting-spots-for-2025?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage

andyb 2025-04-01 18:08:12 UTC #73

Looks like Joel Dragoo is opening the season on rehab with Clearwater though he is on the Jersey Shore roster. So they probably add one of the OFs mentioned above after the first series.

andyb 2025-04-02 15:45:54 UTC #74

Reading preview here:

I am a little intrigued by Andrew Bechtold who really does not have a lot of experience since he just switched from hitting to pitching a couple of years ago. Big arm, poor initial results.

fish 2025-04-02 18:27:14 UTC #75

BA mentions Escobar, Seward, and McFarlane in a write up of prospects that have impressed on the backfields.

Austinfan 2025-04-02 20:51:41 UTC #76

Given his age, patience will be limited, but he's worth a full season of development.
Low cost gamble that could pay big dividends.

I'm surprised Seward isn't at Reading given he's 24, coming off a solid season and showing more velocity.
Though his future may be in the bullpen, you'd think they'd want to push him this season.